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Senior Literacy Advisor

RTI International34 open roles

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Monrovia, Liberia
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Why RTI

RTI International is an independent, scientific research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Our vision is to address the world's most critical problems with technical and science-based solutions in pursuit of a better future. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach—one that integrates expertise across social, statistical, data, and laboratory sciences, engineering, and other technical disciplines to solve the world’s most challenging problems.

We believe in the promise of science and technical solutions, and we push ourselves every day to deliver on that promise for the good of people, communities, and businesses in the US and around the world. If you are looking for the opportunity to make a real difference, RTI is the place for you.

About the Hiring Group

RTI's education team works in the US and around the world. We partner with educators to promote thriving learning environments that facilitate success for all students. From the classroom to the board room, our work focuses on four areas that we believe are levers for change in education: strengthening instruction, developing leaders, improving organizational operations and facilitating collaborative networks.

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Job Summary

RTI is seeking a Senior Literacy Advisor to work within the Education Team. The Senior Literacy Advisor will be responsible for leading and coordinating RTI’s technical assistance on literacy and early grade reading policy, as a sub-awardee to Mercy Corps/Prosper Global on the USDA Liberia Food for Education program. Maintaining relationships with key sector partners, consultants, host country counterparts and stakeholders. Collaborating with colleagues across RTI and consultants on technical, administrative, and strategic planning initiatives. Ensuring high-quality technical assistance to the prime contractor, Mercy Corps/Prosper Global. Ensuring best practices and lessons learned from Liberia’s prior experience implementing national early grade reading policies are applied in this program. Providing coaching, on-the-job mentorship to LIPACE, another sub-awardee of Mercy Corps/Prosper Global which will implement literacy activities. May serve as a representative of RTI to Mercy Corps/Prosper Global, Ministry of Education stakeholders, and civil society partners, providing key inputs for technical or management decisions. Responsible for managing RTI’s program deliverables including planning and coordination of all RTI activities, in its capacity as technical advisor for the program’s literacy component.

This position will be based in Monrovia, Liberia and will report to the Director, Education Research (home office-based program manager).

Essential Duties:

  • Lead day-to-day planning, coordination, and delivery of RTI’s literacy technical assistance, translating approved project objectives into sequenced activities, milestones, and deliverables.
  • Serve as RTI’s principal technical liaison with Mercy Corps, LIPACE, the Ministry of Education, and relevant national, county, and district education authorities.
  • Provide technical leadership for early grade reading policy implementation, including the design and facilitation of self-assessments, reflection processes, indicators, and action plans.
  • Support the Ministry of Education to institutionalize national planning processes for selecting, costing, financing, distributing, and monitoring curriculum-aligned literacy materials.
  • Review and adapt evidence-based literacy approaches and resources addressing phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, structured practice, remediation, and the needs of overage and mixed-ability learners.
  • Design trainer guides, participant materials, demonstration lessons, practice activities, and quality standards for remediation and government-led cascade training.
  • Build the capacity of Ministry master trainers, district education officers, school leaders, LIPACE facilitators, and other designated counterparts through training, mentoring, observation, and feedback.
  • Provide technical quality assurance for partner- and government-led literacy training and school-based teacher support, using implementation evidence to recommend targeted improvements or refresher assistance.
  • Develop practical indicators, data-review tools, and protocols that enable government and project partners to use evidence for planning, supervision, targeting, and adaptive management.
  • Document progress, technical lessons, risks, decisions, capacity gaps, and follow-up actions, while supporting the progressive transfer of literacy tools, processes, and responsibilities to local partners and government counterparts.

What You'll Need

Minimum Required Education & Experience

  • Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of experience, Master's degree and 6 years of experience, PhD and 1 year of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Must have a track record of successfully working with the Liberian Ministry of Education to deliver national literacy programs.

Skills & Abilities

  • Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Ability to work well with others
  • Ability to listen and communicate well both verbally and in writing
  • Ability to work independently
  • Attention to detail and accuracy

Physical/Mental Demands

  • Remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time;
  • Operating a computer and other office machinery;
  • Thinking, learning, and concentrating effectively and frequently communicating with other people, both within RTI and outside of RTI
  • Ability to handle the stress associated in meeting frequent, multiple and tight deadlines
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